Seed tips

When survival gardening, try to use open pollinated, heirloom seeds. These seeds are more robust and will often self-seed for a persistent crop. Use permanent plantings, like clover, day lilies, Jerusalem artichokes and globe artichokes. There are many more perennial plantings of edible foods possible. Try to choose plantings that compete well with weeds. Even wild blackberries are a good survival plant, yielding tea and fruit. Here is a page from my web site on how to cultivate wild blackberries.
This picture is of a street planting of day lilies in a large concrete planter. Few people know these are edible and I believe I am the only one who harvests any, although many people pass this planter daily. I take only a few here and there.



Here is a picture of the edible day lily flowers and pods.


Here is my web site.